Canning-factory device.



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GANNING FACTORY DEVICE. nruouron FILED um. '1, 1908.

907,91 7. Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

' Application filed January 7, 1908. Serial No. 409,610.

To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. THOMAS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCalming-Factory Devices; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will'enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in canning factory devices, and itsobject is to provide a convenient means for conveying fruit to the oeratives; carrying away the filled cans and conveying away therefuse;and also to provide the device with various new and useful featureshereinafter more fully described-and particularly pointed out in theclaims.

My device consists essentially of the combination and'arrangement of anextended table above which-and parallel therewith is supported arun w'ayin one direction and traversing the middle 0f.the table beneath therun-way in the opposite direction for the belt, a belt traversing therun-way, sinks ,or below the 7 means for operatingthe belt and conveyer,means for supplying water to each receptacle, and in various features ofcombination and arrangement, as will more fully appear by reference tothe accompanying drawlngs, in which:

Figure 1." is a plan view of a device embodying my invention; Fig. 2 aside elevation of the same with parts broken away; Fig. 3. antraxnsversesection of the same; and Fig. 4. an end elevation of the same.

Like numbers refer to like parts in all of the figures.

1 represents a table of any convenient len th, extending horizontallyabove the tab ie and at a distance therefrom is a runway 2 traversedbythe upper part of a belt 3, the lower part of the belt traversing themiddle of the table directly beneath the runway. At each end of thetable are pulleys 4 and 6 engaging the belt, the pulley 4 being mountedon a driving shaft 5 rotated by ny convenient motive ower, the pulley 6aving its 'ournals in earings 7, horizontally adjusta le "in ways 8, bymeans of screws 9, to maintain proper tension on the belt 3. 1-0 aresinks or receptacles extending downward from openings in the table, oneside of said openings being adjacent to the edge of i the lower part ofthebelt 3, each rece tacle 10 being also provided with a drain p1pe11adapted to discharge the contents thereof into a trough 13 located nearthe floor and beneath the table.v Near each sink and close to the outeredge of the table are also smaller openings from which extend spouts 12to discharge anything laced therein into said. trough. Within t istrough is a sprocket chain 14 having transverse drag bars 15 atintervals thereon, the lower part of the said chain being adapted totraverse these bars along the bottom ofthe trough and to discharge thecontents of the trough at one end thereof. The upper part of the chainis carried upon idlers 23 arranged at intervals to support the chain ata distance above the bottom of the trou h.

16 and 1-7 are s rocket w eels engaging said chain, one of W ich isdriven by a chain 18 extending to a corresponding sprocket wheel 20 onthe driving shaft 5 and engaging a sprocket wheel 19 on the shaftcarrying the Wheel 14. A water pipe 21 extends beneath the platform 2and is rovided with a branch pipe opposite each sin inserted in which isa suitab e cock or faucet 22 'to supply water to each sink as occasionrequires.

In operation the respective upper and. lower parts of the belt 3 run inopposite directions, and upon the lower part at one end of the table isfed the fruit, or other material to be handled by the operativesstationed 0pposite the respective sinks. As the material comes 0 positethe various sinks, each 0 erative talEes off from the lower )art of theelt so much as may be needed an the balance is passed on down the tableand the residue is removed at the other end if any remains on the belt.Each operative is supplied with cans, bottles, jars or other gackages inwhich the material is placed an thesame when filled is placed upon theup er part of the belt, which carries the same ack to the end of thetable where the material is placed on the lower belt whence it may beremoved for It will be sealing or further treatment.

at the device is so arranged that noted both;t e upper and lower part ofthe belt are equally accessible to each operative and also equallyaccessible from each side of the table, and each serves. as a conveyermoving oppositely to theot'her; The refuse culled out by each operativeis placed in the spout 12 if of solidjform and if a liquid is allowed toescape a 10 neath the table,

through the pipe 11 and is carried away by the conveyer in the trough13.

What I claim is:

the combiabove the table a belt traversing the table and run-way inopposite directions, 9, series of receptacles in t e table and adjacentto the edge of the belt, a trough bedr receptacles and the trough and spain pipes connecting the trough, a conveyer in the outs extending fromopenings iii the table to the trough. 2. In a canning factory device,the combi- 1"5 nation of a table, a

/ spaced apart therefrom and parallel there-.

run-way above the table with, a belt traversing the run-way monodirection and traversing the table beneath the run-way in the oppositedirection, recepta- 20 cles in the table a belt, a trough bene acent tothe edge 'of the ath the table, a sprocket chain in the trough,draggbars on the chain and traversing the troug drain pipes connectingthe receptacles and the trough, and spouts extending from openings inthe table to the trough.

3. A canning factory device comprising a belt arranged horizontal? withgoing and returning parts superpose and spaced apart a table near thelower art of the belt an supporting the same, an a'run-way supportingthe upper part of the belt and spaced apart from the table whereby boththe oing and returning parts of said belt are ma e accessible to beoperated as going and returnmg conveyers.

n testimony whereof I afliic my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM S. THOMAS. Witnesses:

GEOBGIANA CHAGE, LUTHER V. MoUL'roN.

